SAWS Announces Accredited Labs for Physical Hazard Identification and Classification

According to China State Administration of Work Safety’s (SAWS’s) Order No.60 “Measures on the Management of Physical Hazard Identification and Classification for Chemicals”, SAWS is responsible for development of guidance and protocols related to the physical hazard identification of chemicals all over the country and for issuing the list of laboratories accredited to conduct physical hazard identification of chemicals on behalf of industry.

On Nov 24^th 2016, SAWS published the first batch of 11 qualified laboratories. The qualification of labs will expire 3 years after the announcement. The 11 laboratories are:

Chinese Name	English Name (for reference only)
中国安全生产科学研究院	China Academy of Safety Science and Technology
国家安全生产监督管理总局化学品登记中心（中国石油化工股份有限公司青岛安全工程研究院）	National Registration Center of Chemicals (NRCC)
沈阳化工研究院有限公司	Shenyang Research Institute of Chemical Industry
浙江省化工产品质量检验站有限公司	Zhejiang Province Chemical Products Quality Inspection Station
四川省危险化学品质量监督检验所	Sichuan Dangerous Chemical Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute
南京理工大学化学材料测试中心	Chemical Materials Test Center of Nanjing University of Science and Technology
国家化学品及制品安全质量监督检验中心	National Safety and Quality Supervision and Inspection Center for Chemicals and Products
化学工业合成材料老化质量监督检验中心	Quality Supervision and Inspection Center of Synthetic Material Aging
中国工程物理研究院含能材料测试评价中心	Energetic Material Test and Evaluation Center of China Academy of Engineering Physics
湖北航天化学技术研究所	Hubei Institute of Aerospace Chemical Technology
贵州省分析测试研究院	Guizhou Academy of Testing and Analysis

*Please note that the English names of the labs are for references only.

SAWS Order No. 60 requires physical hazard identification and classification on following 3 types of chemicals:

Chemicals with uncertain physical hazards on the whole and which contain one or more composition substances listed in the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals of China.
Chemicals which are not listed in the Catalogue but with uncertain physical hazards.
Chemicals with uncertain physical hazards and which are produced or used in quantities above 1 ton per year, for the sole purpose of scientific research and product development.